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Ota Zaremba (born 22 April 1957) is a Czechoslovak weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. He won gold medal in the heavyweight I class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [1]
After he ended his career, Zaremba admitted he used doping throughout his career with the acknowledgment of the sport officials and coaches. [2]
In 2010 Zaremba entered to the far-right Workers' Party of Social Justice (DSSS).
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